From Ashes to Archive

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A collection of the most memorable cricket highlights from sublime innings and inspiring bowling to the most extraordinary finishes. A celebration of cricket.

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RARE! Real time ground level view of Steve Waugh's all-time classic outfield catch against the West Indies at the MCG in January 1989 😲😲

Oh Danny boy!! Danny Morrison nudging 150 kms an hour in a tour game against WA and Tom Moody at the start of the 1989/90 summer. And if I'm not mistaken, they used a red ball for the day session and trialed an orange ball for the night session. Can someone confirm? Weird 🤨

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Wow! So much to unpack here. Rare reverse angle of the last ball in 🇦🇺's 1 run win over 🇮🇳 at the 1992 World Cup. Watch the non-striker Raju's reaction. He thinks Javagal srinath has hit a 6 to win it. That pause cost him a couple of metres, the exact margin he was run out by 😲😲

An Indian comedy show!! 🤪🤪Comical Indian fielding against Australia MCG January 2015 😅😅

Wishing former West Indian fast bowling great Michael Holding a very happy birthday 🥳🎂It seems as though "Whispering Death" was just as dangerous off the field as he was on it 😉

Wishing former England spinner Phil Tufnell a very happy 60th birthday 🎂🥳Here, in just his second Test, Tuffers nearly spins 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿to victory with a brilliant spell on the last day of the 3rd Test at the SCG in January 1991 🤩🤩

The King of the LBWs strikes again! What's your decision? A controversial moment as Javed Miandad is given out LBW off the bowling of Terry Alderman despite being 7.5 metres down the wicket 😵‍💫😵‍💫

Vale Robin Smith 😢😢Here he scores his first Test century, 143 against Australia during the 4th Test at Manchester 1989. That cut shot was a thing of beauty. Gone way too soon 💔💔Thoughts with his family, friends and former teammates.

Wishing former Aussie swing bowling great Terry Alderman a very happy 70th birthday 🥳🎂Here he produces a seed of all seeds to dismiss Mike atherton at the Gabba in 1990 😁😁🍑🍑

Today would have been the 71st birthday of the incomparable David Hookes 🥹🥹He played and saw the game like no other. A visionary. A leader. And pure charisma. Happy Heavenly birthday Hookesy. While our ❤️still aches, memories like this ensure we smile forever...

WINDIES WEDNESDAY!! 🌴🏏Bodyline 1990s style! Justin Langer, David Boon and Steve Waugh cop a brutal working over from Ian Raphael Bishop Sir Curtly Ambrose and Courtney A Walsh during the 4th Test at Adelaide Oval in January 1993 🔥🔥🔥

Shocking beam ball by Manoj Prabhakar!! 🫣🫣 Fair to say the great Martin Crowe was less than pleased 😡😡

Day 2 of the 3rd Ashes Test at the SCG on this day 35 years ago, produced a number of great moments. A lot has been said about Alex Carey's keeping up to the stumps during this current Ashes series, but I challenge you to find better glove work than this by Jack Russell 😵😵

Ouch!! Just prior to stumps on this day 35 years ago, poor old Ian Healy copped a nasty one whilst keeping wicket to Greg Matthews Enter the great Errol Alcott. Was there a physio in the history of the game with a greater presence than Errol and his magic spray? 😆😆

Hostile spell from Wasim Akram and Waqar Younis to Deano at the MCG in the summer of 1992/93 😣😣And as an added bonus, another guest appearance from Aussie physio Errol Allcott 😆😆

Wishing former Sri Lankan skipper Arjuna Ranatunga a very happy birthday 🥳🎂Not known as the most nimble in the field, here Arjuna gets his skates on and takes one of the best catches from his 93-match Test career 👏👏

Not a dry eye in the house 😢😢 Simon O'Donnell returns to the MCG in January 1989 after 12 months out of the game battling cancer. Wow 🥹🥹

He's a Victorian!! Bill Lawry loses it completely as Dean Jones takes an outfield catch against India at a crucial time in the 2nd WSC Final at the SCG in January 1992 🫨🫨

What on 🌏happened to Scott Hookey? On this day in 1988 he hit the Gabba like a tornado batting for NSW in a domestic limited overs game. Scott was going to be the next big thing, but as he quick as he arrived, he disappeared...🤷‍♂️🤷‍♂️